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	SparkNotes: Doctor Faustus: Plot Overview
		Doctor Faustus, a well-respected German scholar, grows dissatisfied with the limits of traditional forms of knowledge—logic, medicine, law, and religion—and decides that he wants to learn to practice magic.
		Eventually, Faustus is invited to the court of the Duke of Vanholt, where he performs various feats.
		Faustus tells the scholars about his pact, and they are horror-stricken and resolve to pray for him.
	www.sparknotes.com /lit/doctorfaustus/summary.html (718 words)

	History of Doctor Johann Faustus
		octor Faustus, the son of a husbandman, was born in Roda in the Province of Weimar.
		Doctor Faustus took to his heels down the stair, but a man caught him up and cast him back into the parlor with such a force that he could move neither hand nor foot.
		Doctor Faustus gave him short answer, admitting that he had not fulfilled his promise in that he had not deemed it to extend so far, and he did request Grace.
	lettersfromthedustbowl.com /Fbk1.html (5517 words)

	The Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe
		Doctor Faustus provides an especially interesting example of some of the ways that electronic publication expands the opportunities for scholarly research while increasing access to the play's various editions.
		In producing this version of Doctor Faustus, we have revised W. Greg's 1950 parallel text edition of the two extant versions of Doctor Faustus, the 1604 A text and the 1616 B text.
		Especially interesting here is the display of the relationships between each version of Doctor Faustus and between the plays and their source.
	www.perseus.tufts.edu /Texts/faustus.html (492 words)

	World's Greatest Classic Books - Doctor Faustus
		Faustus, a brilliant scholar, sells his soul to the devil in exchange for limitless knowledge and powerful fl magic, yet remains unfulfilled.
		Caught between these ideals, Faustus is both a tragic fool destroyed by his own ambition and a hero at the forefront of a changing society.
		We know the thrill of horror that swept through spectators of Doctor Faustus since there are records of performances called to a halt, when the startled citizens of London thought they saw a real devil on stage.
	www.fortunecity.com /tinpan/quickstep/1103/book10.htm (2367 words)

	NovelGuide: Doctor Faustus: Theme Analysis
		Doctor Faustus’s miserable defeat against the forces of evil within and without enlighten the reader to beware a surfeit of anything.
		While Doctor Faustus is an example of what happens to a wayward soul, the old man represents the devout Christian soul.
		Faustus is not the mere shell of a man in the play, existing only to represent the evil in the world.
	www.novelguide.com /doctorfaustus/themeanalysis.html (784 words)

	Doctor Faustus: Synopsis
		Doctor Faustus, a talented German scholar who decries the limits of human knowledge, believes that he has learned all that can be learned by conventional means.
		Eventually, Faustus summons the devil Mephistopheles and the terms of their pact are agreed upon.
		Faustus begins to have second thoughts, but he rationalizes them away and signs away his soul in his own blood.
	www.bard.org /Education/resources/other/faustussynopsis.html (549 words)

	LIT 2001 Handout: Doctor Faustus
		According to Mephastophilis, Faustus' use of "conjuring speeches" is the immediate cause, but not the ultimate cause, of Mephastophilis's appearance.
		Faustus sells his horse to a "horse-courser" but warns him not to ride the horse in water.
		Doctor Faustus was written during the Renaissance, a time characterized by a rebirth of Classical Greek and Roman art, culture, and thought; an emphasis on the importance and accomplishments of the individual; an emphasis on education, exploration, and discovery; and a greater focus than during the Middle Ages on the temporal world and its beauty.
	www.ivcc.edu /rambo/lit2001_handout_Doctor_Faustus.htm (633 words)

	History of Doctor Johann Faustus
		Doctor Faustus always calculated his tables in the manner described above, setting what should come to pass, specifying the day and the hour and especially warning the particular districts--this one with famine, that one with war, another with pestilence, and so forth.
		Doctor Faustus stepped up, thinking he might seize one of the damned souls, but even when he thought he had one in his hand it would vanish.
		Doctor Faustus took a seat and away they soared, for he could not long have endured the thunderclaps, fog, fumes, sulphur, water, cold and heat, particularly since it was compounded with wailing, weeping and moaning of woe, anguish and pain.
	www.lettersfromthedustbowl.com /Fbk2.html (4823 words)

	Math and Culture lesson April 14
		The proud Doctor Faustus himself appears as a liminal figure, straddling the ground between residual and emergent modes of behavior and thought, presenting to Marlowe's audience an aspect at times inspiring, but at others frightening, or worse, despicable.
		Faustus puts to Mephostophilis a series of questions in Act II about the nature of the universe, receiving standard Ptolemaic replies to all.
		Faustus lectures on astronomy in the place where the Copernican theory was first taught.
	www.dartmouth.edu /~matc/MathCulture/4-14.html (855 words)

	Amazon.de: Doctor Faustus.: English Books: Christopher Marlowe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Faustus becomes a conjurer, and strikes a deal with Lucifer to maintain power and knowledge in return for his soul after 24 years.
		Faustus is unsatisfied with the laurels of earthly fame, so to extend his knowledge and his power he sells his soul to the devil.
		The final scene, in which Faustus realizes it is too late, and he is damned to hell forever, is one of the most terrifying, powerful and moving in English literature.
	www.amazon.de /Doctor-Faustus-Christopher-Marlowe/dp/0451527798 (1466 words)

	Scene from Doctor Faustus - Picture - MSN Encarta
		In this scene from the play The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (1588?) by Christopher Marlowe, the figure of Faust, or Faustus, appears on the right, and the devil Mephistopheles on the left.
		Faustus is a German scholar who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power.
		In Marlowe’s version of the legend, Faustus progresses from seeker of divine power to desperate penitent.
	encarta.msn.com /media_121631764/Scene_from_Doctor_Faustus.html (89 words)

	Christopher Marlowe
		An enormous benefit of web publication in the case of Doctor Faustus is that it allows us more easily than a print edition to move away from the production of a single composite edition (also known as a conflated or ecclectic edition) that joins parts of the A- and B-texts into a single text.
		As Leah Marcus suggests in her essay "Textual Instability and Ideological Difference: The Case of Doctor Faustus," (see Unediting the Renaissance, Routledge, 1996), Greg's edition seems ultimately to support the idea that it was usually necessary to conflate early texts to achieve a satisfactory edition of a work of Elizabethan literature.
		Textual variants, currently available for all other Marlowe texts, will eventually be added for Doctor Faustus, allowing users to select between the 3 extant versions of the A text and the 6 extant versions of the B text, as well as between later historical collations.
	www.perseus.tufts.edu /Texts/faustus2.html (1008 words)

	Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Doctor Faustus (in German, Doktor Faustus) is a German novel written by Thomas Mann, begun in 1943 and published in 1947 as Doktor Faustus.
		Doctor Faustus consists of a vast array of characters, fables, world events, theories, memories, ideas, and places, sometimes directly and sometimes tangentially linked to the story of Adrian Leverkühn's life.
		Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkühn, as Told by a Friend.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Doktor_Faustus (757 words)

	Doctor Faustus -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Together with Faustus, the main characters are Faustus' servant Wagner, Mephistopheles (also spelled "Mephistophilis"), the demon with whom Faustus deals, a set of clowns in a mocking subplot, a host of simplified and allegorical figures, and a Chorus.
		Doktor Faustus is a German novel written by Thomas Mann, begun in 1943 and published in 1947 as ''Doktor Faustus.
		Faustus Cornelius Sulla Felix (22 - 62 AD) was one of the lesser known figures of the Julio-Claudian dynasty of ancient Rome.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/43/doctor-faustus.html (1307 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Doctor Faustus
		Burton grasps the doomed character of Faustus, and turns in a strong performance, but the rest of the film is flat, entirely missing the tone of Marlowe's play.
		The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus has always been noted for the relish with which it treats its protagonist's period of sinful self-indulgence, despite the morally affirming ending that was an absolute must for Elizabethan drama.
		Scenes in which an invisible Faustus bombards the Pope and his bishops with baked goods, or in which he torments an arrogant nobleman by giving him antlers, are lifelessly rendered in the film.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/doctorfaustus.php (1179 words)

	Amazon.com: Doctor Faustus (Signet Classics): Books: Christopher Marlowe,Sylvan Barnet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Faustus is a learned gentleman, his pride tells him that he can learn no more from books and the limit of knowledge that they contain.
		Faustus is invisible and steals food and wine from under the Pope's nose, followed by putting to sleep a couple of Cardinals and stealing their clothes, he frees Bruno who is to be put to death for impersonating the pope.
		Faustus makes an unholy pact and sells his soul for books that will offer knowledge beyond the point of 'this far and no further,' as well as significant magical powers.
	www.amazon.com /Doctor-Faustus-Classics-Christopher-Marlowe/dp/0451527798 (3174 words)

	Doctor Faustus: The Characters
		Doctor Faustus: A brilliant scholar, Doctor Faustus sells his soul to the devil in exchange for limitless knowledge and powerful fl magic, which leaves him yet unfulfilled.
		Good Angel: Trying to save his subject's soul, the Good Angel attempts to convince Faustus on several occasions that repentance is still possible and that he must turn away from the devil and his enticements.
		Three Scholars: Students of Faustus, the Three Scholars come in search of Faustus early in the play, only to find that he has fallen into a damned art from which he may not be able to be reclaimed.
	www.bard.org /education/resources/other/faustuschar.html (533 words)

	Doctor Faustus - A musical by Mark Webster
		Doctor Faustus has a long history and exists in many guises.
		In the mid 16th Century P.F. Gent translated a book by Olms from German which he titled “Doctor Faustus the History of the Damnable Life and the Deserved Death” (which is the title I have used for my musical).
		It is from this text that Marlow based his play (1604), which he entitled “The Tragic History of Doctor Faustus”.
	www.doctorfaustus.com /doctor_faustus.htm (320 words)

	BBC News \| REVIEWS \| Natural Law for Doctor Faustus
		This time it is Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, in which Law's title character sells his soul to the Devil in return for unlimited earthly delights.
		These attributes colour his portrayal of Faustus, here depicted as an angry young man too arrogant to consider the consequences of his bargain.
		Doctor Faustus is on at the Young Vic Theatre in London until 27 April
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/reviews/1888301.stm (461 words)

	Faust Legends
		Johann Faustus was born in Roda in the province of Weimar, of God-fearing parents.
		Seeing that the count's wife was pregnant, Doctor Faustus asked her if she did not desire something special to eat, as is often the case with expectant mothers.
		Doctor Faustus took three silver platters, set them in front of the dining room window, muttered a magic formula, then soon returned with fresh fruit.
	www.pitt.edu /~dash/faust.html (2775 words)

	The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus Summary
		The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is a play by Christopher Marlowe, based on the Faust story, in which a man sells his soul to the devil for power and knowledge.
		In the following excerpt from the introduction to their edition of Doctor Faustus, Bevington and Rasmussen survey the controversies surrounding the A- and B-texts, as well as assessing the evidence for the date, the sources, the staging, and the authorship of the play.
		In this exploration of Christopher Marlowe's Dr. Faustus, the motivations for Faustus' rebellion and ultimate downfall are explored.
	www.bookrags.com /The_Tragical_History_of_Doctor_Faustus (509 words)

	Amazon.ca: Doctor Faustus: the Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn As Told By a Friend: Books: Thomas ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Doubtlessly among Mann's most intimately personal works, "Doctor Faustus" is also among his most complex ones; and while hardly any of his writings make for a leisurely read, the sardonic "Felix Krull," the near-humoristic "Royal Highness" and even his early masterpiece "Buddenbrooks" are foils to the older master craftsman's rapier that is drawn here.
		In "Dr. Faustus", Mann revisits the German split personality (order versus bloody chaos) and makes it more intimate; he desperately wants to unearth what is it about the German Soul that gave us both World War I and then its offspring World War II and Hitler.
		The author is telling a story to the willing reader as if he were almost reading it aloud, and taking asides to discourse on his deepest feelings as an exile from his homeland.
	www.amazon.ca /Doctor-Faustus-German-Composer-Leverkuhn/dp/0375701168 (2015 words)

	Doctor Faustus
		Only when the time comes for Faustus to deliver up his soul does he realise the true horror of the bargain that he has made.
		Faustus himself is clearly the creation of Marlowe: a man refusing to be confined by the normal limits of human knowledge and power, and striving through fl magic to achieve more than any other man. His failure is almost as spectacular as his original ambitions.
		Faustus began the play in the grey robes of a scholar, then donned a fl robe covered with scarlet, magical symbols to conjure up Mephistopheles.
	mbfantasyworld.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /faustus.html (589 words)

	Marlowe, Christopher: Doctor Faustus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Faustus determines to study magic, the one knowledge that can break the limits of all others.
		Faustus is very pleased, thinking he has control over the forces of evil, but Mephistophilis says he only showed up because Faustus had rejected God.
		Faustus is not troubled by this pact because he does not believe in eternal life.
	endeavor.med.nyu.edu /lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webdescrips/marlowe278-des-.html (326 words)

	Doctor Faustus Summary & Essays - Christopher Marlowe
		Christopher Marlowe based his play Doctor Faustus on stories about a scholar and magician, Johann Faust, who allegedly sold his soul to the devil to gain magical powers.
		Contemporary theatre records indicate that in early performances, Faustus may have worn the cloak of a scholar, decorated with a cross, while the devil Mephistopheles appeared in the costume of a dragon.
		It has been said that performances of the play were so terrifying that during the 17th century audiences believed that the devil actually appeared among them.
	www.enotes.com /faustus (401 words)

	Amazon.com: Doctor Faustus: DVD: Patrick Barwise,Adrian Benjamin,Richard Burton,Richard Carwardine,Jeremy Chandler,Ram ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		She keeps appearing, wordlessly, as a sexed-up dream temptation for poor Faustus, and finally as Helen of Troy, of "Is this the face that launched a thousand ships?" fame.
		This movie adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's DOCTOR FAUSTUS was panned by the critics in 1968 when it was released as well it should have been.
		Of course she finally makes her entrance as the beautiful Helen of Troy, causing Faustus to utter the immortal lines, "Is this the face that launched a thousand ships?" The special effects leave much to be desired.
	www.amazon.com /Doctor-Faustus-Patrick-Barwise/dp/B00018D3PU (1958 words)

	Study Questions Marlowe's Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		After talking to Mephistopholis, Faustus is left alone on stage at the end of scene three.
		Immediately after Faustus is intrigued by one of the seven deadly sins, we switch to scene six.
		When Faustus goes before the Holy Roman Emperor in Germany, the Emperor wants Faustus to raise up famous spirits of the dead for conversation.
	web.cn.edu /kwheeler/study/362_Marlowe_Faustus.html (1204 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Doctor Faustus
		The contract -- signed in Faustus's blood -- stipulates that the doctor receive the services of Lucifer's lackey, Mephistophilis, for a period of 24 years, during which he may exert his will over kings and Popes, acquire untold wealth and power, or let loose in an extended bacchanalia if he so chooses.
		Burton's version is slightly expurgated (eliminating the play's chorus, in particular, though putting some of the chorus's dialogue in the mouths of other characters) in order to deliver a 90-minute film, but otherwise faithfully maintains Marlowe's poetry.
		In the film's single piece of stunt casting, Burton uses his two-time wife, Elizabeth Taylor (Giant, Cleopatra) -- the film was shot smack-dab in the middle of their first marriage -- to fill multiple non-speaking female roles, and to act as Faustus's dark muse and erotic obsession.
	www.dvdverdict.com /printer/doctorfaustus.php (1133 words)

	DVD : Doctor Faustus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		She keeps appearing, wordlessly, as a sexed-up dream temptation for poor Faustus, and finally as Helen of Troy, of 'Is this the face that launched a thousand ships?' fame.
		The legend of Doctor Faustus is the immortal tale of a German conjurer who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for a life of adventure and excitement.
		Richard Burton is very convincing in the role of Faustus, a scholar who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for power, wealth, and knowledge.
	www.prep4usmle.com /B00018D3PU/Doctor_Faustus.htm (709 words)

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